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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why isn't Bheki in school?
(a) Because he is a genius that don't need to study.
(b) Because he wants to join the army.
(c) Because he thinks he can have a college scholarship because of basketball.
(d) Because he thinks the school was created to make him fit in the apartheid system.

2. Where is Bheki's friend kept?
(a) In a room full of older men.
(b) In a cell at the local prison.
(c) In the psychiatric wing of the hospital.
(d) In the waiting room of the hospital.

3. In what time period is the "Age of Iron" set?
(a) Mid 1990's.
(b) Mid 1960's.
(c) Mid 1970's.
(d) Mid 1980's.

4. How long does the man work before being paid by the narrator?
(a) A couple of weeks.
(b) A couple of days.
(c) A couple of month.
(d) A couple of hours.

5. Who harasses and beats Mr. Vercueil one day?
(a) Florence.
(b) Bheki and another boy.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Bheki and two other white boys.

6. What does the narrator think of doing with her cats after her death?
(a) Give them to her sister.
(b) Have them put down.
(c) Give them to a hospital.
(d) Give them to the homeless man.

7. What does Florence say the police do to black boys who are not in school?
(a) Drink with them.
(b) Attack them.
(c) Arrest them.
(d) Fine them.

8. What is the name of the narrator's housekeeper?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Florence.
(c) Love.
(d) Rachelle.

9. How does the narrator speak to the person that lives near her house?
(a) With respect.
(b) Softly.
(c) In a condescending manner.
(d) Loudly.

10. Who follows Mr. Vercueil into the narrator's house?
(a) Two dogs.
(b) A cat.
(c) A woman.
(d) A friend of his.

11. What does Mr. Vercueil seem to be sleeping off?
(a) A bad meal.
(b) The flu.
(c) The effects of liquor or drugs.
(d) The effects of his medication.

12. What job does the narrator offer the man she went to town with?
(a) Cleaning the gutters.
(b) Repairing the second floor lights.
(c) Fixing a drainage problem.
(d) Cleaning the back yard.

13. Why did the housekeeper bring her son to the narrator's house?
(a) It is vacation time.
(b) It is after 5 p.m.
(c) The bus broke down.
(d) The school is closed.

14. Why does the narrator refuse to give the man money for nothing?
(a) Because he does not deserve it.
(b) Because it fosters laziness.
(c) Because she does not have cash.
(d) Because it is a bad precedent.

15. What does the narrator say to the person she finds?
(a) That she will house him for work.
(b) That she will call the police.
(c) That she will find him work.
(d) That he cannot stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator think the person that lives near her house will return?

2. Who does the narrator find at the start of Part One?

3. What does the narrator bring the person that lives near her house the morning after his return?

4. Who is the narrator addressing in this book?

5. Why does Florence bring Bheki back to the house?

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